Overview

• Justice N. Anand Venkatesh ordered a private screening on August 24 in Chennai and directed that CBFC committee members attend, with government counsel A. Kumaraguru ensuring their presence.
• The screening will be held at a private theatre on Dr. D. G.S. Dhinakaran Salai, formerly Greenways Road, for the judge to view the film firsthand.
• Producer Vetri Maaran’s fresh petition challenges the CBFC’s objections as excessive, noting even the colloquial word “saniyan” was flagged for removal.
• An earlier writ in June led the court to record the CBFC’s submission that it had listed specific objectionable portions, after which the judge disposed of that petition.
• The CBFC’s examining and screening committees had refused certification in September 2024, citing a negative portrayal of the State and alleged confusion between leftist and mainstream communism, for a film directed by Gopi Nainar and starring Andrea Jeremiah.